Archive for August, 2008


The American presidential election (56)

August 26th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

I’m watching as much of the Democratic National Convention as I can on CNN. There were two massive highlights in Monday’s session. First, Caroline Kennedy – daughter of JFK – introduced Senator Edward Kennedy, there was a video on the Senator, and then – in spite of his brain cancer – he made an emotional […]

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Who won the Olympics?

August 26th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

We all know that the host nation China won the largest number of gold medals (51) which, in the official ranking, puts them top. But, if you count all the medals, then the USA leads with 110. But, suppose you didn’t count all the medals equally. Say you gave three points for a gold, two […]

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Pictures of the Baltics

August 25th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

Just over a week ago, I returned from a short holiday in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuanian and I quickly wrote up an account for my web site. Over the Bank Holiday Monday that we had in the UK today, I have added 52 photos to my account (I took just over 200 in all). Check […]

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From Beijing to London

August 24th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

The Olympic flag has now passed from Beijing which hosted this year’s Games to London which will be the host in 2012 and today there have been a number of events to mark the occasion. One was 4.45 pm fly past over Buckingham Palace by the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows display team – always […]

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The American presidential election (55)

August 24th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

“The Democrats are starting to struggle in a presidential race which they should be dominating. America is beset by economic troubles, mired in an unpopular foreign war and facing an unpopular Republican party. A stunning 80 per cent of Americans think that the country is heading in the wrong direction. Yet Obama and McCain are […]

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The American presidential election (54)

August 23rd, 2008 by Roger Darlington

So Barack Obama has chosen his Vice-Presidential running mate just days before the Democratic National Convention opens in Denver. The choice – Senator Joe Biden – is seen as balancing the ticket, mainly in terms of bringing strong knowledge of foreign affairs, although his older age and Roman Catholic affiliation are also viewed as complementary […]

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Putting our stamp on the Olympic Games

August 22nd, 2008 by Roger Darlington

This is a fun idea.

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Do you faff around?

August 22nd, 2008 by Roger Darlington

New research reveals that the vast majority of Brits (80 per cent) admit to wasting time everyday. Just under half estimate they ‘faff around’ for as much as 2-3 hours a day. Waiting around for the kids, colleagues and queuing top the list of how Brits waste their time New research into how the average […]

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The American presidential election (53)

August 21st, 2008 by Roger Darlington

Things have been quieter in the race while Barack Obama was in Hawaii – and I was in the Baltic States (!). Now we await announcements on the Vice-Presidential running mates and the respective party conventions. In the meanwhile, polls suggest a tightening of the race to a current neck and neck position. Obama ought […]

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Happy people dancing on planet Earth

August 19th, 2008 by Roger Darlington

Check out this video and. if you don’t smile, you’re not from this planet. Once you’ve viewed the video, you might want to know about the guy who made it and how he did it – info here.

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